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> require 'ping'> LoadError: no such file to load -- ping> from (irb):1:in `require'> from (irb):1>
if you desperately need it (though yes it seems it wasn't included in
the source package) just move it over from 1.8 or download it
separately.
mv /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/ping.rb /usr/lib/ruby/1.9.1/
Not the best solution but work with wut yuh got!
- Mac

> That's a horrible idea. If the 1.8 version works, include it in your> project, but don't go modifying your standard library.
Hence "not the best solution". And it wouldn't be modifying the
'standard' library because ping wasn't included in the standard library;
therefore it isn't standard. I would agree with you if I was replacing
Find or something with a 1.8 distro file, a file that was already
included in the standard library.
If ping is re-added in a future release, the 1.8v of ping will be
overwritten.